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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian todd's been working the story for us and getting new information. brian, tell our viewers what's the latest? >> we found out that the house majority leader, republican congressman eric cantor, may have found out almost two weeks before the president did. this and other time lines we're following on the investigation have led to genuine anger over why the white house and other top congressional leaders weren't told sooner. a time line cnn has put together shows the republican house majority leader may have known about former cia dire
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hour's coverage in iowa where president obama kicked off a two-day coast-to-coast swing through eight states. he's calling it a campaign marathon extravaganza. likening it to an all-nighter. no surprise his itinerary consistents almost entirely of battleground states. cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is traveling with the president. >> reporter: wolf, president obama is hopping around the nation stumping for early votes and undecided voters. it's the kind of whirlwind tour you usually see in the last 48 hours before el
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." [ gunfire ] >>> we begin this hour in syria where the battle for aleppo, the country's commercial capital, is unfolding. the rebel free syrian army is making incremental gains according to an opposition group seizing control of two police stations including this one in a central part of the city with at least 40 police officers said to be killed in the battle. nearby rebel forces have captured dozens of regime fighters. cnn's ivan watson is on the ground in northern syria and got an exclusive look at the world's newest prisoners of war. a warning, his report has some graphic images. >> we're in a rebel-controlled makeshift prison in a school where they're keeping 112 prison prisoners. they're going to show us the prisoners' conditions right now. instead of school children, this crowded classroom holds at least 40 prisoners. we won't show their faces because most of them clearly don't want to be filmed perhaps fearing retribution against their families.
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the fighting between israel and hamas. the two sides trading rocket and missile fire with deadly results. let's take you now to the cnn center for the very latest. >> all right, wolf, thank you very much. israeli troops are amassing on the border, waiting for the world to shoulder their weapons and cross into gaza. for people in both gaza and israel, this war is well under way. that is what this war sounds like in israel. wailing sirens warning an hamas ha rocket is only seconds away. this is video from the israeli defense force, a missile hitting a home of a hamas leader. they're proof that the exploesers are stored in buildings. spearheading talks aimed at ending the violence. it's impossible to know how this will play out. just remember that four years ago, the last time israel invaded gaza, 13 israelis were killed while 1400 palestinians died. ben wedeman joins me. does it look like we're about to witness a ground war here? >> we
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the fighting between israel and hamas. the two sides trading rocket and missile fire with deadly results. let's take you now to the cnn center for the very latest. >> all right, wolf, thank you very much. israeli troops are amassing on the border, waiting for the world to shoulder their weapons and cross into gaza. for people in both gaza and israel, this war is well under way. that is what this war...
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i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> monday's third and final presidential debate will be a serious challenge for both candidates. it's focused on international policy and arena where both mitt romney lacks experience and the obama administration is under growing criticism, especially when it comes to the situation in the middle east. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent dan loathian. i assume officials in the white house campaign they know the president has questions he's going to answer. >> reporter: that's correct, wolf. and there doesn't appear to be much of a difference between the two candidates when it comes to foreign policy. but the president is getting prepared in study hall this weekend out at camp david. i think when you talk to folks out there, most people believe the president does have an advantage going into this debate. we expect he'll talk about getting osama bin laden but no one here at the white house, no one with the campaign is under estimating gov
i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> monday's third and final presidential debate will be a serious challenge for both candidates. it's focused on international policy and arena where both mitt romney lacks experience and the obama administration is under growing criticism, especially when it comes to the situation in the middle east. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent dan loathian. i assume officials in the white house campaign they know the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the troops already positioned along the border with gaza. a visit to gaza by egypt's prime minister failed to stop the bombardment and pull the region from the brink of all-out war. u.s. officials blame hamas for starting this conflict. but they are also urging to be measured in its response. the defense secretary leon panetta says israel and the palestinians need to negotiate a more permanent piece -- his words, a more permanent piece in the region. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr's been watching what's going on. barbara, what
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the...
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i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." certainly a critical voting block. military voters out there, both president obama and mitt romney, they are aggressively kourting them. jim acosta is traveling with a governor romney and he has a lot going on right now, jim? >> that's right, wolf. and mitt romney is out to make the case that the best defense is a better economy. >> in battle ground virginia both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy artillery. romney slammed the president for the defense cuts coming at the end of the year. >> it is still a troubled and dangerous world and the idea of cutting our military commitment by a trillion over this decade is unthinkable. and devastating. and when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> the president once again blasted romney's hidden camera comments on the 47% of americans he dubbed victims of government dependence. >> i don't think we can get very far with heed lookers who write-off half the nation as a bunch of victims who neve
i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." certainly a critical voting block. military voters out there, both president obama and mitt romney, they are aggressively kourting them. jim acosta is traveling with a governor romney and he has a lot going on right now, jim? >> that's right, wolf. and mitt romney is out to make the case that the best defense is a better economy. >> in battle ground virginia both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> once again a gunman's bullets have peers americans' sense of security this time striking inside a house of worship. we now know the names of the six people killed at a sikh temple in wisconsin yesterday morning and know more about the gunman who died at the scene, a u.s. army veteran who may have had ties to white supremacist organizations. brian todd joins us from oak creek, wisconsin. you've been talking to a witness as well as tols officials. what are you hearing? >> wolf, we've got a lot of important new information this hour. we've got names of some of the people who played pivotal roles in this event and new details about the shooter's path at the temple. narinda can't escape it, a moment of horror. she was among the first to see the shooter as he started his rampage at the temple at wisconsin. she says she was parking her car when she saw the suspect now identified as wade michael page approach the lead pr
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> once again a gunman's bullets have peers americans' sense of security this time striking inside a house of worship. we now know the names of the six people killed at a sikh temple in wisconsin yesterday morning and know more about the gunman who died at the scene, a u.s. army veteran who may have had ties to white supremacist organizations. brian todd joins us from oak...
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. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with stunning twists in the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, general david petraeus. another u.s. general is caught in the same tangled web. john allen, top commander in afghanistan, is being investigated by the pentagon for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to a married woman, the same woman whose complaint of threatening e-mails from general petraeus' lover cracked the scandal wide open. barbara st
. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're now only eleven days -- we're now only eleven days from the president election, and nowhere is the campaign battle being waged more fiercely than in the battleground state of ohio. 18 electoral votes are at stake there. president obama took them in 2008. our brand new cnn/orc poll is just coming in and it shows president obama leading in ohio right now 50% to mitt romney's 46%. but that's within the sampling error. it's a statistical tie in other words. our chief national correspondent john king is joining us. john, break down the numbers for us. no state right now is more important than ohio. >> you can make that case. no state is more important than ohio. you mention it's within the margin of error but yet another poll showing the president with a small lead in ohio. he's had that pretty much across the general election season. what's driving it right now? in a battleground state like ohio, the president is getting democrats, romney is getti
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're now only eleven days -- we're now only eleven days from the president election, and nowhere is the campaign battle being waged more fiercely than in the battleground state of ohio. 18 electoral votes are at stake there. president obama took them in 2008. our brand new cnn/orc poll is just coming in and it shows president obama leading in ohio right now 50% to mitt romney's 46%. but that's within the sampling error....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's double declarations of victory after the vice presidential debate. first, the republicans. in a little bit mitt romney teams up with congressman paul ryan in the swing state of ohio. and you're going to see their rally live right here in "the situation room." already today romney's called his running mate's debate performance thoughtful, respectful, steady and poised. our national political correspondent jim acosta has more now on the republican's post debate spin. >> reporter: wolf, even though paul ryan said he saw it coming, republican strategists i talk to in the post debate spin room said they were not expecting joe biden's repeated interruptions and laugh out loud style. if the vice president's performance could be summed up as lol, the republican response was omg. >> i'm great. >> reporter: at breakfast after his fiery debate with vice president joe biden, paul ryan still had his sunny side up. >> no. it's what i expecte
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's double declarations of victory after the vice presidential debate. first, the republicans. in a little bit mitt romney teams up with congressman paul ryan in the swing state of ohio. and you're going to see their rally live right here in "the situation room." already today romney's called his running mate's debate performance thoughtful, respectful, steady and poised. our national political...
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm john king. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're heading into a monster week for mitt romney and paul ryan, as they gear up for the republican convention, now just a week away. to start building excitement, the running mates reunite monday in one of this year's all-important swing states. cnn's joe johns is here to look ahead at what else we can expect in a big, big week ahead. >> that's right, john. it certainly looks like the ryan/romney campaign could be changing its strategy already. last week, paul ryan himself said, and campaign aides confirmed, that the initial plan was for the two men to split up, more often than not, in the few weeks leading up to the republican national convention in tampa. but now, mitt romney and paul ryan are already scheduled to reunite for a campaign stop in the manchester area of new hampshire and the campaign has left open the possibility of more stops together, later in the week. early reports are those stops could be in the midwest. new hampshire was the p
wolf blitzer is off today. i'm john king. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're heading into a monster week for mitt romney and paul ryan, as they gear up for the republican convention, now just a week away. to start building excitement, the running mates reunite monday in one of this year's all-important swing states. cnn's joe johns is here to look ahead at what else we can expect in a big, big week ahead. >> that's right, john. it certainly looks like the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> every minute of every day in tampa has been building up to tonight and in about four hours, mitt romney will accept the republican presidential nomination. we've just received some advance excerpts from what he will say. our national political correspondent jim acosta is on the convention floor. what do you know there, jim. share with the viewers. >> wolf, the romney campaign released excerpts of his speech he will be delivering later when he accepts the gop nomination. a key quote to put on screen if we can do that now, mitt romney is going to say, quote, i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed, but his promises gave way to disappointment and division, romney will say. this isn't something we have to accept. now is the moment when we can do something, with your help, we will do something. that from mitt romney. i can also tell you from looking at the excerpts, he is not only talking about his father but his mother, sa
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this just coming in, a major shake-up in the polls. only 29 days before the presidential election. mitt romney clearly riding very high since his strong showing in the first presidential debate. and now he has taken the lead in a closely watched and highly respected poll. take a look at these numbers just released by the pew research center. mitt romney now four points ahead of president obama among likely voters nationwide, erasing the president's eight-point lead before the first debate. let's go deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger, she's joining us. it's clear that that debate has really, really helped mitt romney. >> yeah, i don't think the romney campaign could have wanted to do any more with this debate than they did. if you look across the board at these numbers, wolf, romney has made gains in almost every area including somebody who's better able to improve the jobs situation. he leads -- romney leads obama by eig
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this just coming in, a major shake-up in the polls. only 29 days before the presidential election. mitt romney clearly riding very high since his strong showing in the first presidential debate. and now he has taken the lead in a closely watched and highly respected poll. take a look at these numbers just released by the pew research center. mitt romney now four points ahead of president obama among likely voters...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with chilling new details emerging about that suicide bomb attack on a bus full of israeli tourists in bulgaria. six people were killed, more than 30 injured. and there are now new clues about the bomber who was captured by surveillance cameras. and who he was -- and how he was -- what was he doing? was he carrying a fake american id? those are the suggestions. we'll go live to jerusalem in a moment for the latest israeli action. but first cnn's in bulgaria with the latest details. what's the latest there? >> reporter: we're literally meters away from that explosion took place. and some of the most crucial evidence came from the terminal right behind me. they were able to catch the suspect on video. he could be any backpack tourist looking at flight arrivals, but this is the man suspected of carrying out the deadly attack targeting israeli tourists in burgas, bulgaria. he was wandering around the airport up to an hour before the attack.
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with chilling new details emerging about that suicide bomb attack on a bus full of israeli tourists in bulgaria. six people were killed, more than 30 injured. and there are now new clues about the bomber who was captured by surveillance cameras. and who he was -- and how he was -- what was he doing? was he carrying a fake american id? those are the suggestions. we'll go live to jerusalem in a moment for the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> all that coming up, let's get to the breaking news. u.s. government agents say they have foiled an apparent terrorist plot in new york city. it's a bomb plot. and the suspect is in custody, will later be in court today. let's go straight to cnn's national correspondent susan candiotti, she's joining us from new york. what do we know, susan? >> hi, wolf. we know that this alleged plot had been underway for quite some time. an undercover sting operation being conducted by the fbi and the nypd to foil a planned plot to blow up the federal reserve bank here in lower manhattan. it's very close to wall street. and apparently it all went down, culminated in the alleged plot that went down today and that's when this man was arrested. he is only 21 years old. and apparently he was planning to take and detonate a 1,000-pound bomb, what he thought was a bomb, but it was inert, no member of the public was in danger becau
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> all that coming up, let's get to the breaking news. u.s. government agents say they have foiled an apparent terrorist plot in new york city. it's a bomb plot. and the suspect is in custody, will later be in court today. let's go straight to cnn's national correspondent susan candiotti, she's joining us from new york. what do we know, susan? >> hi, wolf. we know that this...
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wolf blitzer and "the situation room" will begin. >> you're in "the situation room" happening now. >> protesters rage against the united states and an inflammatory muslim film. an interview with al qaeda's leader. >> with only 52 days to go before the election. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben wedeman is back in cairo. it seems that this weekend there seems to be a cooling of heads to a certain degree in egypt. is that what you're seeing, ben? >> certainly among the leaders of the muslim brotherhood and in the administration of the egyptian president, there is an attempt to calm down the situation rhetorically. and certainly we've seen in messag
wolf blitzer and "the situation room" will begin. >> you're in "the situation room" happening now. >> protesters rage against the united states and an inflammatory muslim film. an interview with al qaeda's leader. >> with only 52 days to go before the election. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week,...
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i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte, north carolina. and you're in "the situation room." >>> this just coming into "the situation room." we want to get straight to our brand new cnn/orc polls on the state of the race for the white house on this the heels of the republican national convention in tampa. take a look at this. an actual tie. mitt romney and president obama both at 48% among likely voters. romney gets post-convention boost of just one percentage point while president obama has dipped one percentage point. our chief national correspondent, john king, is over the magic wall along with democratic poster peter hart with a very first look at the numbers. john, a statistical margin of error. this is about as close as it gets. >> it is as close as it can get. we have one of the best in the business. peter is going to help us understand why romney didn't get a bigger bounce and what does the president have to do with his convention. peter, let's look at the number. i would suspect one reason the horse race moved a little bit is becau
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wolf blitzer in the situation room starts now. >>> thanks very much. happening now, congress takes a chance looking bad by leaving town before making a deal on the fiscal cliff. what's going on? if you take an aspirin to prevent heart trouble check the labor. our own dr. sanjay gupta tells us what a new study says about the effects of coated tablets. we'll also hear what happened during in flight emergency during one of the world's newest high-tech planes. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> with just 27 days to go until all of us are hit with tax increases, takes it across the board a cut of $55 billion. people have it in their power to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff aren't negotiating, they're not debating right now, so many of them simply leaving town. but there's more going on than meets the eye. let's bring in our senior congressional correspondent dana basch, she has the latest. >> reporter: there's so much political theater around here right now, you could say tickets. one of today's acts was the house leaving. lawmakers stream
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the latest forecast is in for tropical storm isaac. isaac is kicking up trouble right now in the caribbean. but projected paths show it could also spell big trouble for the republican national convention next week in tampa. let's go straight to our meteorologist and severe weather expert chad myers. he's in the cnn weather center. you're taking a closer look at the forecast that just came out. share with our viewers. >> you know, wolf, headline news was in my ear talking to me when you were tossing to me. i have no idea what you just asked me. but i'm going to -- i'm going to start from here. we'll go from scratch. we have a lot of networks trying to get all this information as well. the leeward islands right there, that's where the storm is. not that far to the southeast of the u.s. virgin islands. then this category 1 hurricane tomorrow and into friday will run right over haiti. i'm very concerned of the peopl
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the latest forecast is in for tropical storm isaac. isaac is kicking up trouble right now in the caribbean. but projected paths show it could also spell big trouble for the republican national convention next week in tampa. let's go straight to our meteorologist and severe weather expert chad myers. he's in the cnn weather center. you're taking a closer look at the...
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i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. >> what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can't afford to give up his position and he shouldn't. that we'll have revenues to deal with this debt long term and asking those of us to pay taxes. i support that position. i always have, and -- but the republicans feel t
i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're down to only 26 days until the presidential election. and right now joe biden and paul ryan are getting ready for debate night in america. there's intense pressure as the polls show the two tickets are closer than ever. cnn has full coverage of both candidates. we begin with congressman paul ryan in an interview you will see only, only here on cnn. cnn senior congressional correspondent dana bash, she sat down with congressman ryan. she's joining us now live from the debate site in danville, kentucky. dana, how's he preparing for tonight? >> reporter: well, you know, wolf, he is doing what is now traditional for candidates who are running for president and vice president, which is having mock debates. he has been doing that really all over the country as much as he can in hotel rooms from oregon to virginia to florida. but another thing that i learned about him, which is really fascinating, is that it's not just that, he is using every moment
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're down to only 26 days until the presidential election. and right now joe biden and paul ryan are getting ready for debate night in america. there's intense pressure as the polls show the two tickets are closer than ever. cnn has full coverage of both candidates. we begin with congressman paul ryan in an interview you will see only, only here on cnn. cnn senior congressional correspondent dana bash, she sat down with...
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i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte. you're in "the situation room." >>> the political fireworks in tampa now are over. but spotlight shifting here to charlotte, north carolina, where it's president obama's turn to go on the attack and make his case for another four years in the white house. i'm here at the time warner cable arena, the site of the democratic national convention. they're getting ready for the convention to begin on tuesday. the podium has just been unveiled. and only days from now thousands of democrats will be gathering from across the country for all the excitement here. i'll be leading cnn's coverage of all the big events, the speakers among them, the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, the vice president joe biden and former president bill clinton. and of course the president of the united states himself. much more on the political story coming up. but right now i want to get to the situation in iran. there are reports it may be getting much closer to a nuclear weapons capability. the uni
i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte. you're in "the situation room." >>> the political fireworks in tampa now are over. but spotlight shifting here to charlotte, north carolina, where it's president obama's turn to go on the attack and make his case for another four years in the white house. i'm here at the time warner cable arena, the site of the democratic national convention. they're getting ready for the convention to begin on tuesday. the podium has just been unveiled. and...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a brief break from the verbal sparring, the white house race. president obama stepped back in the global spotlight in new york today addressing the united nations assembly. he spoke at length about the turmoil in the middle east touting diplomacy and coalition building as the solution to the crisis to the region that's been vexing his administration. jessica yellin is traling with the president in new york. jessica, give us an update. what did the president say? >> reporter: wolf, when the president spoke here he had two major audiences, a global audience and a domestic audience. voters listening now to foreign policy issues with a new ear and a new eye after this violence in libya. and the president addressing it all just six weeks out from the election. at the united nations, president obama used the world stage to declare. >> the attacks on the civilians in benghazi were attacks on america. there should be no doubt that we will be relentless in t
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a brief break from the verbal sparring, the white house race. president obama stepped back in the global spotlight in new york today addressing the united nations assembly. he spoke at length about the turmoil in the middle east touting diplomacy and coalition building as the solution to the crisis to the region that's been vexing his administration. jessica yellin is traling with the president in new york. jessica, give...
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation. only minutes from now, we're all going to be seeing history unfolding live in the united kingdom where queen elizabeth ii will take the stage and light what's called the national beacon, the final touch in an international ring of fire as it's being described. a set of blaze required in her 60 years on the throne. cnn is covering this from all vantage points, we have all of our reporters and analysts standing by. richard, first of all, walk us through for viewers who aren't necessarily familiar with the beacon lighting ceremony, what we're about to see from the queen herself. >> what're going to see is the queen placing the crystal that you've just been showing this, diamond crystal that was specially cut and has been cut within an inch of its light. it will be placed within a receptacle and will fire a very large flame into the air and that will be, if you like t final moment of this triumph. i can tell you, next to me here in london in trefalgar square, on the top of the house, two
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation. only minutes from now, we're all going to be seeing history unfolding live in the united kingdom where queen elizabeth ii will take the stage and light what's called the national beacon, the final touch in an international ring of fire as it's being described. a set of blaze required in her 60 years on the throne. cnn is covering this from all vantage points, we have all of our reporters and analysts standing by. richard, first of all, walk us through for...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just a dozen days left in the race for the white house. the candidates, their campaigns are now pulling out all the stops. and so are we. our cnn correspondents are reporting from all of the most critical states in this very, very tight race as president obama and governor romney throw virtually everything in their campaign arsenals at the battleground states. let's start with the obama campaign right now. the president drew a huge crowd in richmond, virginia, today. his most recent stop on a whirlwind two-day eight-state swing that culminates next hour. cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin has the latest. >> reporter: wolf, president obama is moving through his schedule at a healthy clip. he's even running early all so he can get to his hometown of chicago and cast an early ballot for himself. >> thanks for waking up early. >> reporter: fresh off on all-nighter. >> my voice is getting a little hoarse. >> reporter: the president didn
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just a dozen days left in the race for the white house. the candidates, their campaigns are now pulling out all the stops. and so are we. our cnn correspondents are reporting from all of the most critical states in this very, very tight race as president obama and governor romney throw virtually everything in their campaign arsenals at the battleground states. let's start with the obama campaign right now. the president...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're live here at the time warner cable arena in charlotte, north carolina where democrats are coming together to make their case for a second term for president obama. the convention officially opens tomorrow, and the president is making his way here on a campaign swing dubbed "the road to charlotte." which right now is winding through louisiana as he sees the impact of hurricane isaac firsthand. our white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president and joining us now live from new orleans. dan, what is the president doing right now in new orleans? >> well, the president headed to st. john the baptist parish just west of downtown new orleans. the president will be getting briefed by both state and local officials, including governor bobby jindal who at one time had been considered a potential running mate for mitt romney. the president meeting with him. we'll be taking a walking tour of an
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're live here at the time warner cable arena in charlotte, north carolina where democrats are coming together to make their case for a second term for president obama. the convention officially opens tomorrow, and the president is making his way here on a campaign swing dubbed "the road to charlotte." which right now is winding through louisiana as he sees...
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i'm joe johns in for wolf blitzer today. you're in "the situation room." >>> paul ryan's home state of wisconsin is suddenly up for grabs in the presidential election. it went for barack obama in 2008 and has been leaning his way again this year. but our brand new polling shows a dramatic change may, may be underway. let's go to cnn chief national correspondent john king. john, what do you have? >> joe, democrats have been saying they're happy they don't see any evidence of a huge national bounce when it comes to paul ryan. you're noticing we're making a change today because paul ryan is helping in his home state. here's the map we had when we woke up this morning. president obama leaning stronger 247 votes, governor romney 206. dark leaning obama -- dark blue, solid obama, light blue leaning obama. we're switching wisconsin to a toss-up state. let's show why. we have a brand new poll out tonight that shows this. shows a tighter horse race. now, the president is still ahead 49% to 45%, but we see some evidence, joe, in these
i'm joe johns in for wolf blitzer today. you're in "the situation room." >>> paul ryan's home state of wisconsin is suddenly up for grabs in the presidential election. it went for barack obama in 2008 and has been leaning his way again this year. but our brand new polling shows a dramatic change may, may be underway. let's go to cnn chief national correspondent john king. john, what do you have? >> joe, democrats have been saying they're happy they don't see any...
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i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> first, this just coming into "the situation room." we're here at the republican national convention. it has formally opened, immediately recessed the proceedings delayed a day by earlier uncertainties about tropical storm isaac. tampa may have dodged a direct hit but others won't be so lucky. and this is just coming in. the latest forecast for isaac, a storm which eerily and ominously is following a track very close to that of katrina that took place in 2005. seven years ago this week katrina devastated new orleans, much of the gulf coast and urgent preparations are now under way for isaac including evacuations in three states. let's go straight to our meteorologist, our severe weather expert, chad myers. he's at the cnn weather center. the latest forecast just came in, chad. what does it tell us? >> -- >> chad, hold on a minute, chad. unfortunately we aren't getting your audio. we're going to fix that. we're al
i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> first, this just coming into "the situation room." we're here at the republican national convention. it has formally opened, immediately recessed the proceedings delayed a day by earlier uncertainties about tropical storm isaac. tampa may have dodged a direct hit but others won't be so lucky. and this is just coming in. the latest forecast...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're counting down to next presidential debate. president obama going head to head against governor mitt romney. tomorrow night, hofstra university on long island, in new york and the pressure is especially intense for the president. he disappointed the supporters with a weak showing in the first debate face-off. cnn national political correspondent jim acosta in boston now. he has details of both men are preparing. jim, what are you hearing? >> reporter: wolf, i can tell you in the last hour the romney campaign wrapped up the debate prep session for the day. nearly every top official advising the former massachusetts governor seen exiting the hotel a short distance of where we're standing now here in boston, and this keeping with the campaign's highly disciplined style, ohio senator rob portman was asked how the debate prep went today. he answered with one word. quote, great. but that's been the case with both campaigns, wolf. they have been large
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're counting down to next presidential debate. president obama going head to head against governor mitt romney. tomorrow night, hofstra university on long island, in new york and the pressure is especially intense for the president. he disappointed the supporters with a weak showing in the first debate face-off. cnn national political correspondent jim acosta in boston now. he has details of both men are preparing. jim,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're down to just 39 days until the presidential election. in about 20 minutes the president begins a series of fundraisers right here in washington. those are the only public events on his calendar today. yet this is the same day the president didn't have time for a face-to-face meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's in new york. instead they spoke by phone. here's cnn's white house correspondent dan lothian. dan. >> reporter: wolf, the white house always stresses that the president and prime minister netanyahu are in touch frequently. they downplay any daylight between the two leaders. but they didn't meet face-to-face this week. and so one phone call is getting a lot of attention. president obama and prime minister netanyahu attended the united nations general assembly in new york, but at different times. the white house insisted it was a scheduling issue, not a snub. no meetings, no handshakes. but today a follow-up ph
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're down to just 39 days until the presidential election. in about 20 minutes the president begins a series of fundraisers right here in washington. those are the only public events on his calendar today. yet this is the same day the president didn't have time for a face-to-face meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's in new york. instead they spoke by phone. here's cnn's white house...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just 18 days to go until the presidential election, we begin this hour with important information just into "the situation room" from the state of florida. our brand new cnn/orc poll shows the state remains up for grabs. mitt romney's 49% to 48% lead over president obama is within the poll's plus or minus four-point sampling error. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is standing by. florida, florida, it's still florida, florida, florida. >> a dead heat. but that is momentum for mitt romney. if you look back two months ago when we polled among likely voters the president had a four-point lead, right at the margin of error. governor romney now with the lead. the campaign increasingly confident about the state of florida and obama campaign concedes it's going his way. they've been spending as much as governor romney on television $5 million just last week to keep it close. why is it like this? a big generational gap in florida. voters und
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just 18 days to go until the presidential election, we begin this hour with important information just into "the situation room" from the state of florida. our brand new cnn/orc poll shows the state remains up for grabs. mitt romney's 49% to 48% lead over president obama is within the poll's plus or minus four-point sampling error. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is standing by. florida,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a ruthless seesaw battle for control of one of syria's cities. rebel fighters aren't backing down from government forces even with more than 150 new deaths reported just today. security forces are barrelling through the streets of aleppo while gunips fire from overhead. cnn's ivan watson is inside syria. he'll join us in awe moments. first, we're hearing from the u.s. counterterror chief here in aspen, colorado. and he's raising concerns about the security of syria's chemical weapons stockpile. cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly is covering this. >> spoke on the forum and asked a question about chemical weapons and whether the u.s. knows where the chemical weapons are. there was some concern over the way he answered that question. i think we have that. let's take a listen to that. >> are we able to identify where those weapons are? are they safe? are they secure? are they falling into the wrong hands? it's an important question for us. >>
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a ruthless seesaw battle for control of one of syria's cities. rebel fighters aren't backing down from government forces even with more than 150 new deaths reported just today. security forces are barrelling through the streets of aleppo while gunips fire from overhead. cnn's ivan watson is inside syria. he'll join us in awe moments. first, we're hearing from the u.s. counterterror chief here in aspen, colorado. and he's...
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i'm wolf blitzer in washington. remember, the conversation continues on twitter. follow me at wolf blitzer. the news continues next on cnn. >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky could be sentenced in about 90 days. he's under suicide watch in jail. he was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse. dottie sandusky was spotted around noon delivering a package to her husband. in a few minutes, i'll speak to the attorney for witness number four. >>> gusty winds and flames are forcing colorado residents from their homes. fire crews are warning of extreme fire conditions and the potential for the hyde park fire to rapidly grow. the number of acres burned has just jumped to 75,000. >>> in utah, fast-moving flames and falling ash surrounded homes. cnn affiliate ktvx reports families barely made it
i'm wolf blitzer in washington. remember, the conversation continues on twitter. follow me at wolf blitzer. the news continues next on cnn. >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky could be sentenced in about 90 days. he's under suicide watch in jail. he was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse. dottie sandusky was spotted around noon delivering a package to her husband. in a few minutes, i'll speak to the attorney for witness...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just weeks ago it was a bustling city of more than two million people. an historic center of commerce and education, but now aleppo is the main battleground of the syrian civil war. opposition groups say hundreds of government troops launched a ground assault on one neighborhood today but were pushed back by rebel fighters. at least 30 people were killed in aleppo today according to the opposition. and many residents have already fled the city. and those who haven't are struggling to survive. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman has seen it all firsthand in recent days. >> reporter: this man has retrieved what he could from the ruins of his home in what's left of this aleppo neighborhood, there's little time to ponder one's loss. the situation is terrible, he tells me. we're taking everything we can. we don't know where we'll go. we've lost everything so we're leaving. his family of seven is just one of thousands of families who have
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just weeks ago it was a bustling city of more than two million people. an historic center of commerce and education, but now aleppo is the main battleground of the syrian civil war. opposition groups say hundreds of government troops launched a ground assault on one neighborhood today but were pushed back by rebel fighters. at least 30 people were killed in aleppo today according to the opposition. and many residents have...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he was not at the top of his game. and now the president is back out there on the campaign trail. he's getting ready to speak at a rally over at the university of wisconsin in madison. we're going to be hearing from him live this hour. but first, listen to what he said about mitt romney at a rally earlier today before he left denver. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. [ laughter ] but it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. the real mitt romney said
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he was not at the top of his game. and now the president is back out there on the campaign trail. he's getting ready to speak at a rally over at the university of wisconsin in...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening, i'm john king. tonight down to the final hours of voting in wisconsin's recall election and our early exit polls show what today's voters think of the governor's race and the race between mitt romney and president obama. >>> barely a day after helping president obama raise millions for his re-election campaign bill clinton says the united states is already in another recession, and calling for an extension of the bush tax cuts. >>> and this hour, get this, your last chance in your lifetime to watch as the planet venus crosses the face of the sun. it isn't safe to look directly at that time but stay right here, we have the best pictures. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening, i'm john king. tonight down to the final hours of voting in wisconsin's recall election and our early exit polls show what today's voters think of the governor's race and the race between mitt romney and president obama. >>> barely a day after helping president obama raise millions for his re-election campaign bill clinton says the united states is already in another...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just coming in, the latest forecast for tropical storm isaac. warnings are up from island to island across the caribbean where hundreds of thousands of people are extremely vulnerable right now and tensions are rising in tampa, where a potential hurricane slamming into the bay area could send waters rising over the site of the republican national convention. here's the latest from the national hurricane center. the government of the bahamas has issued a tropical storm warning for the southeastern bahamas, including the acklands. crooked islands, the turks and caicos as well. chad myers is also watching this very closely, our severe weather expert. chad, tell us more about this. only moments ago we got this new update. >> brapd nnd new. yeah, the hurricane center not seeing enough organization to raise the wind speed. still 40 miles per hour. but they do see how large the storm is and now we're getting, again, warm water but also a lack of other wind
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just coming in, the latest forecast for tropical storm isaac. warnings are up from island to island across the caribbean where hundreds of thousands of people are extremely vulnerable right now and tensions are rising in tampa, where a potential hurricane slamming into the bay area could send waters rising over the site of the republican national convention. here's the latest from the national hurricane center. the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> as of today we're just 40 days away until the presidential election. and for the second day in a row both mitt romney and president obama have been campaigning in the same battleground state. this time it's virginia where both men targeted the same group of voters. let's walk over to cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta who's been out on the campaign trail watching what's going on. another dramatic day. virginia, virginia, virginia. pretty important place. >> that's right. a rare visit to washington for me. but it's good to be home, wolf. all politics is local. so it was no surprise to hear both candidates hit on national security themes today in their speeches in virginia. but the state is much bigger than that. it's really a republican firewall for mitt romney. in battleground virginia, both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy artillery before a group of veterans, romney slammed the president for the massive defense c
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> as of today we're just 40 days away until the presidential election. and for the second day in a row both mitt romney and president obama have been campaigning in the same battleground state. this time it's virginia where both men targeted the same group of voters. let's walk over to cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta who's been out on the campaign trail watching what's going on. another dramatic day....
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i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> some major concern in the united states. but here in israel, iran's nuclear ambitions are more disturbing. this country fits within striking distance of a possible iranian nuclear weapon. one that israeli officials are determined will not be built. i talked about that and a lot more in an exclusive interview today with the israeli defense minister, the former prime minister, ahud barak. defense minister, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> there was a report this week in one of the israeli newspapers that the u.s., the obama administration presented the israeli government with a military plan to take military action against iran's nuclear facilities. is that true? >> i don't think that that's a correct description. we're aware of the fact this administration has done more in diplomacy, more in sanctions than previous administrations. probably for good reasons. and they did a lot in terms of operation of deployment in the golf area. and i
i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> some major concern in the united states. but here in israel, iran's nuclear ambitions are more disturbing. this country fits within striking distance of a possible iranian nuclear weapon. one that israeli officials are determined will not be built. i talked about that and a lot more in an exclusive interview today with the israeli defense minister, the former prime minister, ahud barak. defense minister,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." rk vk -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> all that coming up, but now we get the latest on the kansas republican caucuses. >> i'm don lemon at the cnn newsroom. kansas takes the spotlight in the republican race today. cnn is projecting that rick santorum has won the kansas caucuses. here's the totals here, check them out with nearly all the caucus votes counted, santorum won easily there. he has 51%. romney has a distant second at 21%. kansas is a conservative state with a strong evangelical vote, both playing to santorum's strengths. we bring in chief political correspondent candy crowley joining us live from washington. big picture here, romney and gingrich pretty much let santorum have kansas so his luck holds here. is this an important win? >> you know, i hate to sound like everybody else but the fact of the matter is they're all important wins at this point. this is probably important for santorum. he does pick up, we think he'll pick up the bulk of the delegate and if the n
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." rk vk -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> all that coming up, but now we get the latest on the kansas republican caucuses. >> i'm don lemon at the cnn newsroom. kansas takes the spotlight in the republican race today. cnn is projecting that rick santorum has won the kansas caucuses. here's the totals here, check them out with nearly all the caucus votes counted, santorum won easily there. he has 51%. romney has a...
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time now for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. >>> fred, thanks very much. happening now, lawmakers lashing out at the president, the news media and each other. tempers flare as congress probes the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. you're about to hear a tape of senator john mccain's contentious exchange with cnn. also, we've seen pictures like this of the benghazi compound on september 11th, but today for the first time lawmakers are seeing surveillance video of the assault that killed the united states ambassador, three other americans. i'll talk to one u.s. senator about what that video shows. and mitt romney's speaking out about his election loss blaming what he calls gifts -- that's a quote, gifts, the president people gave to people who voted for him. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> tempers flaring on capitol hill. senator john mccain lashing out at one of our cnn producers who questioned why he was missing a key hearing on the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. mccain has been a sharp critic of
time now for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. >>> fred, thanks very much. happening now, lawmakers lashing out at the president, the news media and each other. tempers flare as congress probes the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. you're about to hear a tape of senator john mccain's contentious exchange with cnn. also, we've seen pictures like this of the benghazi compound on september 11th, but today for the first time lawmakers are seeing...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with only 47 days to go until the election, the romney campaign's about to roll out another new strategy. voters will be seeing a lot more of mitt romney. in fact, we're only minutes away from his speech at a rally in florida. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us now live from sarasota to set the scene. jim, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, we expect mitt romney to be out here in sarasota, florida, in just a few minutes from now. this is where his advisors say after a relatively light schedule over the last couple weeks, mitt romney and his campaign will be picking up the pace. and after seeming to defend those comments on that hidden camera video on government dependency, romney appears to be shifting again on that message as well looking for something that will stick. after being caught on tape writing off 47% of voters as obama supporters who are dependent on government, mitt romney was checking his math at a candidate
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with only 47 days to go until the election, the romney campaign's about to roll out another new strategy. voters will be seeing a lot more of mitt romney. in fact, we're only minutes away from his speech at a rally in florida. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us now live from sarasota to set the scene. jim, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, we expect mitt romney to be out here in sarasota,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." and we're live from the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. weather kept this big closing night indoors instead of the planned mass stadium rally. but the energy is already building for the climax of this convention. president obama's acceptance speech. bill clinton certainly set the stage last night with a powerful rousing address. now it's up to president obama to deliver. and what he says here just a few hours from now could have a huge impact on whether he gets another four years in the white house. so we're just moments away from the day's opening gavel. you'll see it all here unfolding live. president obama says he'll share his vision for the future tonight. and his aides say he'll offer some concrete proposals at the same time. but what does he need to say in this crucial appearance, gloria borger, candy crowley are both here. the challenge for him, we know he's a great order, there will be poetry and pros and all of that, but the country wants some sub
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." and we're live from the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. weather kept this big closing night indoors instead of the planned mass stadium rally. but the energy is already building for the climax of this convention. president obama's acceptance speech. bill clinton certainly set the stage last night with a powerful rousing address. now it's up to president obama to deliver. and what he says here just a few...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> new information just in from the state department about active potentially imminent terror attacks likely being planned in europe and elsewhere around the world by a group the united states government considers to be a major terrorist organization. let's go straight to our intelligence correspondent susan kelly. she's got all the latest information for us. pretty alarming stuff. what's going on? >> it is alarming. the lebanese-based shiite group hezbollah actively planning attacks in europe. that's according to to daniel benjamin, the counterterrorism coordinator at the state department. not only benjamin says the group is continuing a heightened level of terrorist activity, he added those attacks could happen with little or no warning. remember, this is a terrorist organization that was responsible for the deaths of more americans than any other terrorist organization before 9/11 when of course al qaeda claimed that title. what's the connection to
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> new information just in from the state department about active potentially imminent terror attacks likely being planned in europe and elsewhere around the world by a group the united states government considers to be a major terrorist organization. let's go straight to our intelligence correspondent susan kelly. she's got all the latest information for us. pretty alarming stuff. what's going on? >> it is alarming....
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> to hear republicans tell it, president obama is public enemy number one for big business. >> and it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. >> this is certainly the most anti-business administration since the carter years. >> so if president obama is so anti-business as republicans claim, why is the stock market done so well since he took office and the converse question is this. if president bush was so pro business, why did the markets collapse during his final year in office? let's look at the numbers right now. during the bush administration, dow jones industrials close the at an all-time high of 14,1648 back in 2007. but it started to collapse big-time during president bush's final year in office when the great recession really hit. on the day obama was inaugurated in 2009, the dow jones closed at 7,949, a loss of more than 6,000 points since that
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> to hear republicans tell it, president obama is public enemy number one for big business. >> and it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. >> this is certainly the most anti-business administration since the carter years. >> so if president obama is so anti-business as republicans claim,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the dramatic highs and lows in the race for the white house. now in full swing with the conventions over in both campaigns laser focused on november. the spotlight had barely cooled for president obama's big night when the latest unemployment report cast a shadow over the democratics' post-convention glow. mitt romney called it the hangover to the party in charlotte. the labor department says u.s. employers added only 96,000 jobs in august, fewer than expected, although the jobless rate did fall to 8.1%. our chief business correspondent, ali velshi, is joining us now to take a closer look inside the numbers. ali, the unemployment rate went down, but that's not necessarily a positive development. explain what's going on. >> you know, i've said for years that it's just easier to look at the number of jobs created or lost as opposed to the unemployment rate. and i'll explain that to you in a second. but the number of jobs added in august
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the dramatic highs and lows in the race for the white house. now in full swing with the conventions over in both campaigns laser focused on november. the spotlight had barely cooled for president obama's big night when the latest unemployment report cast a shadow over the democratics' post-convention glow. mitt romney called it the hangover to the party in charlotte. the labor department says u.s. employers...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> 15 days until the election and a critical night in the battle for the white house. this is the third and final presidential debate pitting mitt romney against president obama. we've just received these pictures of romney walking through the debate site in boca raton, florida. tonight's focus, foreign policy. and for both men, the stakes could hardly be higher. the tight race has gotten even tighter and tonight's contest could give either candidate the chance to pull ahead in these final critical days of this campaign. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in boca rattan getting ready for the debate. what's the latest there? >> reporter: wolf, here in the debate spin room, democratic and republican operatives are predicting another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be sh
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> 15 days until the election and a critical night in the battle for the white house. this is the third and final presidential debate pitting mitt romney against president obama. we've just received these pictures of romney walking through the debate site in boca raton, florida. tonight's focus, foreign policy. and for both men, the stakes could hardly be higher. the tight race has gotten even tighter and tonight's contest...